• Software Engineer / API Development

    Motion Recruitment Partners (Oakland, CA)


    Software Engineer / API Development / Oakland CA

     

    Oakland, CA

     

    Onsite

     

    Contract

     

    $80/hr - $83.33/hr

     

    Exciting contract Software Engineer opportunity with an established firm. This position will be onsite in Oakland, CA.

     

    The Software Engineer will help build the Next Gen Applications Suite. Along with writing effective code, the position will be responsible for designing, building, delivering and maintaining a highly scalable set of products and applications. The incumbent will use industry best practices and work collaboratively with cross-functional team of product managers, UX designers, architects, principal engineers, software engineers, test automation team and DevOPS engineers

     

    Contract Duration: 6 Months

    Required Skills & Experience

    + BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

    + 5 - 7 years of experience designing and developing secure object-oriented web services.

    + 5 7 Years of hands-on experience with all phases of software development. Strong experience in Java and Restful API Development.

    + Expertise in developing microservices.

    + Some familiarity with exposing and securing APIs using an API management solution.

    + Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.

    + Test Driven Development, unit testing, and knowledge of mocking frameworks such as EasyMock and Mockito.

    + Developing and deploying applications on AWS, Azure or private cloud.

    + Strong problem solving and communication skills. Great business acumen with a passion to solve for the customer.

    + Experience in working in an agile team/methodology using Jira / Atlassian tools.

    + Experience in at least a few of the following technologies in the below categories:

    + Spring Framework, Spring Boot.

    + Web Services: Spring, Jersey, Apache CXF, RESTEasy, Restlet

    + Databases: Oracle, MySql, MongoDB, Cassandra etc.

    + Distributed Cache: Redis, Coherence, Hazelcast.

    + Build & CI Tools: Github Action, Maven, Jenkins, Gradle etc.

    + AI Coding Assistant: Github Copilot, Amazon Code Whisperer, Codeium.

    + Message Brokers: IBM MQ Series, Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ.

    + Observability: Datadog, Splunk.

     

    What You Will Be Doing

    Daily Responsibilities

    + Design, develop, test and maintain microservices to support our consumer facing applications.

    + Write highest quality code with utmost attention to scalability, security and performance. Use TDD and participate in code-reviews with other software engineers.

    + Collaborate with DevOps team to setup the build and delivery pipeline. Add instrumentation and monitoring to support production environments. Build Docker containers and container management.

    + Accurately scope effort, identify risks and clearly communicate trade-offs with team members and other stakeholders.

    + Ship high quality products and features with an end-to-end mindset from conception to delivery and production support; owning specifications, quality, release deployments and monitoring of production health.

    + This list is not all-inclusive and you are expected to perform other duties as requested or assigned.

    You will receive the following benefits:

    + Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family

    + Dental & Orthodontia Benefits

    + Vision Benefits

    + Health Savings Account (HSA)

    + Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

    + Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance

    + Hospital Indemnity Insurance

    + 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options

    + Paid Sick Time Leave

    + Legal and Identity Protection Plans

    + Pre-tax Commuter Benefit

    + 529 College Saver Plan

     

    Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

     

    **Posted by:** Valerie Harrison

    Specialization:

    + Network Engineering